Brake shoe



A. Y. DODGE BRAKE SHOE April 1o, 1928. 5 1,665,690

Filed March 25. 1927 6/ 76'6 I ADIEBI Y. DODGE ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 10, 192&

- UNITED STATES ADIEI. Y. DODGE, or soUrII BEND, INDIANA, AssIcNoit Iro ianNnIirv BRAKE COMPANY, or oiIIcAcaILLINoIs, A conroaArIoN er ILLINOIS.

' BRAKE SHOE.

Application led March 23, 1927. Serial 110.177,54?.

This invention relates to brake "shoes, and is illustrated as embodied in an auxiliary shoe fer a threefshoeinternal expanding automobile brake. y ,An `object ofthe invention f tension of the arcuate band which ormsfthe friction .face ofthe shoe. I prefer toffo'rm this extension with one or a pair-of integral side wings bent into supportingfengageinent with the sides of the arm, to,.whicli,they

i may be welded or otherwise secured.

The greatest buckling strain in a shoe of this character cornes along the inner edge of this projecting arm, usually approximately midway between the end of the friction face and the pivot or anchor at the end of the shoe. According to an important feature of the invention, this part of the arm is provided with auxiliary reinforcing means, extending lengthwise of the arm,land prefrerably formed by embossing or pressing an integral rib in the arm itself.

An improved mounting for cam-engaging thrust rollers at the end of thefshoe, and other novel and desirable features of construction,I will be apparentfrom the follow-A ing description of one illustrative Vembodiment of the invent-ion shown Yin the accom- Figure 41 :is a side elevation of the shoe; Fi ure 2 is a section through the shoe on the line. 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fi re 3 is a section through the shoe on the line 3-3'of Figure 1, .showing the' reini forcement of the projecting arm;

Figure 4 is a section on the line of Figure 1, showing the bushing for the pivot or anchor; l y

Figure 5 is a partial section on the lline 5-5 of Figure -1, showing the mounting at one end of the shoe of a pair of camengag ing thrust rollers; and

Figure 6 is a partial inside elevation of*v the lower part of the shoe,-looking in the direction of the arrows 6-6 in Figure 1.

The illustrated shoe is intendedffor use u as the auxiliary shoe of athree-shoe brake constructed generally as described in Patent No. 1,628,388, granted Bendix Brake Company on May 10, 1927, von application of John R. Cautley. This particular shoe includes an outer arcuate band or rim 10, to which the brake lining is riveted and which formsl the lfriction. face of the' shoe, and a separate stiffening member or web 12 arcwelvded or otherwise secured along its outer face to the inner face of the band 10. Band may, if desired, have stiening anges 14 at its opposite edges.

Web 12 is formed with an opening 16 for theattachment of a return spring, an 'openinglS for a steady rest,and a relativel large opening for the anchor of an ad): jacent shoe 'arranged as described in the above-identified Cautley patent. As the opening 20 is relativel lar e, and inorder to prevent any possibi ity o weakening the web 12 at this point, I prefer to widen this part ofthe web so that the total width, radially of the shoe,` on a radial line through opening 20, is at least as great as the Width of the web below and vabove o ening 20.

-At its upper end the shoe is shownv provided with cam-engaging thrust rollers 22 on a pivot pin 24, the end of web 12 preferably being reinforced by separate plates or stampings 26 spot-welded orv otherwise secured to opposite sides of the web, the center of pin 24 being held by the relatively lon bearin provided by alined openings in We 1 2 an plates 26. The central part of pin 24 is of relatively great diameter, for a distance equal to the combined thickness of web 12 and plates 26, so that rollers 22 hold the pin -24 a ains't axial movement, whilethe ends of pin 24 are headedover (on washers 28 l i `if desired) toA hold the rollers 22 against axial movement. Y

At the lower'end of the shoe, web 12 is continued as, an integral projecting arm 3D, at the extreme end of which is arranged a bushing `32 for the pivotor anchor -on which the shoe is mounted'. Various important features of theinvention relate to reinforcing this arm against the crushin and buckling strains to which the shoe is subjected, and which reach a maximum approximately midway between the pivot or band 10, this extension being shown as ro-- Y from adjacent bushing 32, at one end, past that the end of the friction face of the shoe, aty the other end.

While one illustrative embodiment has been'described in detail, it isnot my `intention to limit the scope of the invention to articular embodiment, or otherwise than y the terms of the appended claims.

I claim: Y

1. A brake shoecomprising an outer arc'- uate band and a se arate stiifening web secured to the inner face. of said band and extended at one end of the shoe as an integral projecting arm, the arcuate band being lntegrally continued as a narrowed extension secured to the outer edge of said band.

2. A brake shoe comprising an outer arcuate ban'd and a separate stiil'eninr web s ecured to the inner face of said band and extended at one end of the shoe as an integral projecting arm, the arcuate band being integrilily continued'as a narrowed extension secu Vto, the outer ed of.s`aid band and havin at least at one side an integral win exten ing into supporting engagement wit the side of said arm.

3. A brake shoe comprising 'an outer arcuate band and a se arate stiifenin'gweb secured. to the inner ace of said band and extended at one end of the shoe as an integral projecting arm, the arcuate band being integrall continued as a narrowed extension tsecure to the outer edge of said band and having at its sides integral' wings extendin into su porting engagementwith both si es of sai arm. 4. A brake shoe comprising an outer arcuate band and a separate stiienin web secured to the inner face of said and andextended at one end of the shoe as an'integral projecting arm, the arcuate band being integrally continued as a narrowed extension secured to the outer edge of said band, said arm being provided with auxilnry relnforcing means adjacent its inner e ge. v

5.'Abrake shoe comprising an outer arcu ate band and a separate stiifening web secured to the inner face of said band and extended at one end of the shoe as an integral projecting arm', the arcuate band being' integrallv continued as a narrowed extension secured to the outer edge of said band, said arm having a reinforcing rib extending lengthwise of the arm opposite said narrowed extension. i Y

6. A brake shoe having an outer arcuate band and a stiiening web secured thereto and formed with an opening for'the anchor of an adjacent shoe, the metal of the web on opposite sides of the opening radially of the shoe totalling at least as great a width as the radial width ofthe of the opening.

7. A brake shoehaving an arcuate friction face and a stifening web, separate plates or stampin secured to opposite sides ofthe web imm iately adjacent lts end, a pin having its central tpart mounted in the web and said lates an projecting on opposite sides of t e shoe, and a pair of thrust rollers respectively mounted on the ends of said pin.

' 8. A brake shoe having an arcuate friction fac'e and a rstifl'e'ning web, separate plates or stampings secured to opposite sides of the web immediately adjacent its end, a pin having a central part with a relatively great diameter-and with a length e ual to the combined thickness of the l we and plates and mounted in the web` and said plates and projecting on opposite sides of the shoe, and a pair of thrust'rollers respectively mounted on the ends of said pin and en aging the sides of said central part to hold the pin a ainst axial movement.

9. A brake s oe having an arcuate friction face a'nd a stitfemng web, separate plates or stampi secured to opposite sides of the web imme iately adjacent its end, a pin having a ntral part with a relatively at diameter and with a leng'hth ual to t e combined thickness of the we uned1 plates and mounted in the web and said plates and projecting on opposite sides of the shoe, and a air of rust rollers res ectively moun on the ends of said pin an en aging the sides of said central part to hol the pin against axial movement the ends of the pin being heade'd over to hold the rollers against axial movement.

10. A brake shoe having an arcuate outer portion and a stiifening web pro'ecting at one end of the shoe as an integral arm, the

web at the side'A lIU web having near the other end of the shoe a first opening for the attachment of a return spring and a second o ing for a stead rest arranged between t e irst opening and the arcuate outer portion.

11. A brake shoe comprising an outer arcuate portion forming a cylindrical friction face and having a stiifening web therefor integrally extended as a projectin arm at one end of the shoe beyond said friction face and within the curve of said friction face, said sti'ening web bein" provided with reinforcing means extending lengthwise of the shoe adjacent the edge of said web opposite the friction face and commenci a roximatel o osite the endl of the figctidii) face and exteiiding toward the `end Aof the shoe along the projecting arm.

12. A brake shoe comprising an outer arcuate portion forming a cylindrical, friction face and having a stiifening web therefor integrally extended as a projecting arm at one end of the shoe beyond said friction face and within the curve of said friction face, said stifening web being provided with reinforcing means extending lengthwise of the shoe and commencing approximately opposite the end of the friction face and extending toward the end of the shoe along the projecting arm.

13. A brake shoe comprisi ng an outer arcuate portion forming a cylindrical friction face and having a stlfening web therefor integrally extended as a projecting arm at one end of the shoe beyond said friction face and within the curve of said friction face, said stiffening web being provided with a reinforcing rib extending lengthwise of the shoe adjacent the edve of said web opposite the friction face and commencing approximately opposite the end of the friction face and extending toward the end of the shoe along the projecting arm.

14. Abrake shoe comprising an outer arcuate portion forming a cylindrical friction' site the end of the friction face and extending toward the end of the shoe along the projecting arm.

15. A. brake shoe comprising an outer arcuate portion forming a cylindrical friction'face and having a stiffening web therefor integrally extended as a projecting arm at one end of the shoe beyond said friction face and withinthe curve of said friction face, said stiffening web being provided with a reinforcing rib extending lengthwise of the shoe adjacent the edge of said web opposite the'friction face and commencinglapproximately opposite the end of the friction face and extending toward the end of they shoe along the projecting arm,y the shoe being of pressed sheet metal and the rib being embossed in the metal of the web.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. i

` ADIEL Y. DODGE. 

